The plaintiff (or complainant) was the Cherokee Nation; the defendant (actually the respondent) was the State of Georgia.
Case Citation:
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 1 (1831)
The Cherokee Nation was established by tribal leaders in 1827 in northern Georgia, USA.
Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia
Trick question. The first nation to explore, claim, and settle what is now the state of Georgia was the Cherokee Nation. The first European nation to land on what is now Georgia was Spain. The first European nation to colonize it was England; it was a penal colony.
A year after the Cherokees made their consitiution, the Cherokee Nation, travellers found amounts of gold in Georgia, the Cherokee's homeland in the rocks. They found it in 1828.
The Treaty of [new] Echota was signed on December 29th 1835, between the United States and The State of Georgia (purporting to represent the Cherokee Nation - Cherokee Nation VS Georgia, US Supreme court (findings))
The Cherokee Nation sued the state of Georgia in 1831 and 1832 in a series of legal battles, notably in the case of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. They sought to protect their land from being seized and to assert their status as a sovereign nation. Ultimately, the Supreme Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction in the case, leading to the subsequent forced removal of the Cherokee people along the Trail of Tears.
Previous federal policy had recognized the Cherokee as a seperate nation with its own laws.
Previous federal policy had recognized the Cherokee as a seperate nation with its own laws.
Previous federal policy had recognized the Cherokee as a seperate nation with its own laws.
Previous federal policy had recognized the Cherokee as a seperate nation with its own laws.
There was no vote in Cherokee Nation v Georgia, (1831) because the Supreme Court determined it didn't have authority to hear the case under original (trial) jurisdiction because the Cherokee Nation didn't qualify as a State. Chief Justice Marshall indicated the Court would be willing to hear an appeal, if necessary, but the case first had to be refiled in a lower court. Unfortunately, it was never refiled.Case Citation:Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 1 (1831)
The case of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, (1831), involved a question of Supreme Court jurisdiction after the state of Georgia enacted a series of laws in 1828 that stripped Native Americans of their rights, in order to annex their land and force the Cherokee to leave the state.Fearing Georgia had the support of President Jackson, John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation, led a delegation to Washington to plead for relief directly from Congress, bypassing the usual process of negotiating directly with the President. Although Ross found support in Congress, it was insufficient to overturn Georgia law.Ross then appealed directly to the US Supreme Court for an injunction against Georgia's laws. The Court determined it didn't have original jurisdiction over the matter because the Cherokee Nation was not a state but a "denominated domestic dependent nation." The injunction was denied, but the Court indicated it would be willing to review the matter on appeal from the lower courts.Case Citation:Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 1 (1831)